Marcus Rashword turned out to be the white knight for the England team as he scored two goals in their match against Wales in Match 35 of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022. England scored a cleansweep victory as they triumphed over Wales without conceding a single goal in the match. Rashford led the tally with a goal at 50 minutes from a fantastic free-kick and again at 68 minutes to move ahead in the race to win the Golden Boot as the tournament’s leading goal scorer. Phil Foden also joined the party with a goal a minute after Rashford scored his first as England finished 3-0 in the end, with the win taking them through to the knockouts.
England enjoyed a major portion of the ball possession in the first half with Wales not being able to cope up with the light footed Brits. Wales were no threat to England as they haven’t been able to create any potential scoring opportunity in the first half. Any attempt to attack made by Wales has been thwarted by the impenetrable English defense line. Further, the lack of ball possession for Wales has resulted in lesser scoring opportunities for them.
After a rather dry first half that saw no goals being scored by other sides, the second hlf kicked off with England getting into attack mode with early attempts to score. Just 5 minutes into the scond half, England opened their score for the day with a scintillating goal by Marcus Rashford, who shot in a fantastic free kick after a foul by Ampadu outside the box.The shot caught the air and curled smoothly into the Wales goal.
As Wales was still recuperating from the first bullet from England’s arsenal, tragedy struck just a minute later as midfielder Phil Foden created a promising opportunity and scored the second goal for his team as England took a 2-0 lead over the opponents. The second half has been a great show of skills and testament by the Englishmen, who are not letting the ball slip away and capitalizing on every chance they are getting.
Ramsey committed a foul in the 61st minute and is slapped a yellow card for the same as Wales is making desperate attempts to get their scoreboard ticking and stand any chance to equalize with the Brits. 68 minutes into the game, Rashford scored his second goal of the match after a sublime assist by Phillips who dashed into the box with the ball. 4 minutes later (72 minutes), Rashford almost got his hat-trick as he dribbled past a couple of Wales defenders into the box, but his shot was blocked by Ward at the near post. Nonetheless, England has built a comfortable 3-0 lead over Wales.
80 minutes past the match, Wales finally is able to break through the British shackles as they begin attacking the England goal, with attempts by Wilson and Colwil attempting to score with the team. However, the poor execution and the hurry to score does not allow Wales to convert a goal.
The game ended after 7 minutes of extra time, as Wales failed to score a single goal in the match. Not only have they been upstaged by England, the loss in this game has almost certainly ended Wales’ chances of making it to the knockouts, which England had achieved with this 3-0 win.
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